ADATA XPG Spectrix D40 16GB RGB DDR4 Memory Review

By Steven Kean

Game Performance

Each of the games we tested were run at 720p resolution, while the graphics quality was set to Low. If we happened to run the games at their maximum graphics quality, we did not see any performance gain as we were limited by the CPU and GPU.

In order to ensure the test system was not limited, we overclocked the core components. The CPU was overclocked to 4.8GHz by adjusting the multiplier, no additional changes were needed. The GPU was overclocked as well, using MSI Afterburner, the power was adjusted to 110%, while the GPU Core Clock was increased 100MHz (1265MHz) and finally the GPU memory was increased by 300MHz.

3DMark Time Spy

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Far Cry 5 – Low Quality 720p

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Grand Theft Auto V – Normal Quality 720p

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Tomb Raider – Low Quality 720p

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Benchmark Results: Across all the three gaming tests, the speed of the memory and the difference in timings made very little difference, with the highest performance gain due to memory speed being between 5FPS and 13FPS. This goes to show that if your game settings are not GPU or CPU limited, the speed of the memory can make a difference. When we performed the same tests at 1080p and higher graphics quality, we were limited and did not see much of a difference in performance due to the speed of the memory.